PlayStation’s record of most-played video games within the US in 2025 is similar because the 2024 record, with Fortnite taking prime spot as soon as once more.
The rating, which comes from Circana’s Participant Engagement Tracker (through Circana senior director Mat Piscatella) exhibits that in each 2025 and 2024 within the US, the most well-liked video games remained similar.
Fortnite was prime of the charts, with Name of Obligation (this appears to depend all Name of Obligation titles as a result of method the franchise is corralled into one launcher) at quantity 2.
The 13-year-old Grand Theft Auto took the subsequent spot, with Roblox and Minecraft, each vastly well-liked with the youthful set, making up quantity 4 and 5.
Over on Xbox, the identical titles made the highest 5, however in barely completely different order, with Minecraft and Roblox swapping locations.
Naturally, each recreation on the record is a live-service recreation. Whereas GTA’s recognition is seemingly everlasting, having now shifted over 220 million copies, it’s the fixed updates to the web portion that has seen such retention for over a decade.
Fortnite continues to launch new content material and high-profile collaborations, with nearly each vital IP now tied into Epic‘s juggernaut. Following The Simpsons late final 12 months, Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s South Park will make its Fortnite debut later this month.
Roblox, which is massively well-liked with youthful gamers, is essentially based mostly on user-generated video games, which might rapidly turn out to be viral hits. Considered one of these titles, Develop a Backyard, peaked at 22.3 million gamers in August 2025. For context, the very best peak concurrent participant depend on Steam was achieved by PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds at 3,257,248.
Name of Obligation’s yearly releases, coupled with Activision‘s determination to incorporate each trendy Name of Obligation title, together with the free-to-play Warzone, into one launcher, have meant that even when COD followers aren’t glad with this 12 months’s recreation, and as an alternative play an older title, it’s nonetheless contributing to the rating.
One stunning omission is EA‘s Battlefield 6, which loved robust gross sales and optimistic word-of-mouth from shooter followers when it was launched final 12 months. In Europe, Name of Obligation Black Ops 7’s opening week gross sales had been 63% under what Battlefield 6 managed in its personal debut week. In accordance with Ampere Evaluation, over 25% of Name of Obligation gamers in September picked up Battlefield 6 in October.
